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RoboRabin.com

2011-05-27T06:32:00.000-07:00

I've started my new comic - RoboRabin
I'll be updating (hopefully) one page a week.
http://RoboRabin.com

Eatliz - Hey: 3d model + rant

2009-02-10T07:04:00.000-08:00

hi,
This post is going to be a little bit of a rant.

But first, here's some shots of the girl that I modeled for Eatliz's Hey music video.
I took the opportunity to also do a little color-correction (and have posted the original colors beneath each one, as well):

I made this model about a year ago but am only posting this now because I've had a bit of a hard time procuring rendered frames of the girl from the music video.

I approached Meny Hilsenrad of Studio-Aiko after the video was released, asking if he could send me the rendered frames with the girl in it, sans St. Aiko's logo.
I was met with a flat-out refusal.
So I had to sample the quicktime video on the site and export the frames myself.

The reason sited (as far as I could gather) for refusing to supply me with usable frames for my site was that I did not give enough respect for the work done (fabulous texturing work by Meny, just in case anyone wondered what I think).
Which is sort of funny coming from the same people who have no problems producing frames like these:

Notice how it says "Created by Studio Aiko" right under (and on top of) my art - and not, say, on the other side of the page with the "unimportant" logos...or God forbid, any hint that this was, in fact, a joint effort.

Just to make things clear, I did not work for or with studio Aiko, or anyone from it, on this project.
I worked directly with Guy Ben-Shetrit and Anova music.

So this rant isn't directed only at Studio Aiko, but also at Guy - who should shoulder most of the responsibility for this.
He was the point man on this project and the main creative force behind it (director, lead animator, executive producer and band leader).
And, in my opinion, should have taken better care of "his people" when the video was finally released.

He let St.Aiko run away with this project as if it was "created" by them - pushing the rest of the creative team to some back link on Eatliz's site (go to eatliz.com, click "The Makers" and then 3-4 more clicks to see the rest of the people who sweated over this little project for free....niiiice).

But let's chalk that up to carelessness on the part of the site's designers.
I accept that this oversight was unintentional and not malicious.
But, at the very least, I shouldn't have to beg (and be refused) to get proper shots for work that I have joint copyright over.
I don't begrudge St.Aiko's wish to have their logo on their work - when it's presented on their site.
But I do wish to have my own work without others' logo on it - for my own site and portfolio.
I was told that if I wanted rendered frames without the logo - I could render them myself.
Needless to say, such would have been an impossible task - as my own model is not rigged, has no facial morphs, textures or shaders (those too, were done by others who worked on this project. No single thing on this project was made by only one person or company).

In a project where people worked for next-to-nothing (and some worked for absolutely nothing) - acknowledgment comes in lieu of payment.
Proper, prominent credit is a must.

Pissy, you say?
ummm....Hell Yeah!
Damn straight I'm pissy!!
So, Meny - here's your full credit.
Just like you asked for and rightfully deserve.
Credit and respect go both ways...

**UPDATE**
A few clarifications and disclaimers are in order:

1. Guy Ben-Shetrit is the creator and main driving force behind this music video.
It's his baby - first and foremost.
I only worked on it at his behest.
I claim no rights over it beyond those pieces that I personally worked on.

2. I did not approach Guy on the matter of procuring rendered images for my portfolio.
I approached Meny Hilsenrad directly - and was refused.
Guy did not mediate this process, nor know of it at the time.
I do not hold him responsible for Studio Aiko's position on this matter.
If my rant implies otherwise - I'd like to correct that impression and apologize.

He has correctly stated to me that he has no intentions of forcefully wresting frames from anyone's hard-drive to give them to me.
Nor do I think he should do any such thing.

I still firmly believe that Guy bears an overall responsibility for this project and how it was presented to the public.
And it is my opinion that he could have done a better job of it.
But he too, had to work with others to see this project fulfilled - each with his own set of caveats and conditions that had to be mediated.
Not an easy task by any means.
In a collaborative project not everyone will be pleased.
I am one of those that are not pleased - hence this post where I have aired my grievances.

Eatliz - Hey (pt. 3)

2008-11-05T19:10:00.001-08:00

Some designs for Eatliz - Hey.

I basically had to flesh out the two main characters originally designed by Eitan Vineshtock.
And some variations on the dress for when the girl goes into the magic box.

Eatliz - Hey (pt. 2)

2008-11-05T10:02:00.000-08:00

More concept designs for Hey - Eatliz's upcoming (and hopefully awesome) music video.
These are for the amusement park setting (duh).

Eatliz - Hey

2008-10-28T18:17:00.000-07:00

Some designs I did a few months back for Eatliz's upcoming music video Hey.
I'll post some more concept art in the following days.

Shabak - Boom Carnival

2008-10-20T11:19:00.001-07:00

Commisioned work.
CD jacket and inlay for Shabak's latest album - Boom Carnival

Comic Pages

2008-08-15T13:13:00.001-07:00

(pages are to be read from RIGHT TO LEFT)

Haven't updated in a while. Lots of work these past 2 months - some of it I can't release yet (and some of it I don't think I want to...)

Anyway,
Here's some comic pages I made for a friend's book.
www.zanzuria.com

The first pages are all over the place stylistically and the continuity is meh..
I also only had time to color the last page.

All in all, it was a great learning experience - and I guess I'm only really happy with the results in the last page (but I sorta had to go through the first two to get to that one, so I can't really complain).

Tree House

2008-05-11T21:13:00.000-07:00

Squid Chicken

2008-05-10T13:42:00.000-07:00

A short sequential made for an art forum about kids finding a 7-legged squid-chicken on the beach.
Hilarity ensues.

It's in Hebrew so it should be read from right to left even if you can't actually read it.
Yeah, I know it's also framed vertically. It just flows better that way. Trust me.

Nightly Sketch

2008-03-07T20:03:00.001-08:00

Nightly Sketch

2008-03-07T08:23:00.001-08:00

Nightly Sketch

2008-03-05T12:55:00.001-08:00

Nightly Sketch

2008-02-24T19:20:00.001-08:00

MegaMan

2008-02-22T21:10:00.000-08:00

A re-design of one of my favorite game characters.
copyright Capcom bla bla bla..

Nightly Sketch

2008-02-10T17:59:00.000-08:00

photo reffed

The Gunslingers

2008-02-07T22:20:00.001-08:00

update:
Woke up the day after I first posted this and realized there was still some work left in this piece.
So I sat on it over the weekend.
I guess now it's really finished.

old version can be found here.

Nightly Sketch

2008-02-05T18:08:00.001-08:00

Nightly Sketch

2008-02-04T17:42:00.000-08:00

Nightly Sketch

2008-02-03T10:24:00.001-08:00

After a (too) long hiatus the Nightly Sketch is back.

Just playing with values.
The color wash was an afterthought.
Not too sure how I feel about it tho...

Sky Above, City Below

2007-11-17T08:57:00.001-08:00

Spidey fanart.
Mebbe I'll come back and clean it up later (prolly not...)

Noga-187

2007-11-11T22:54:00.001-08:00

Girabbit 2

2007-11-09T10:37:00.000-08:00

Another take on the same subject.

Urban Girabitt

2007-11-02T22:25:00.000-07:00

Made for an activity on an online art forum.
The activity was to design a half-giraffe, half-rabbit.

I went for a 90/10 giraffe/rabbit ratio.
Rabbits are just too cute and frankly boring.
Giraffes, on the other hand, are some of the silliest creatures around.

update:

This is the final image.
I've upped the contrast a little and drawn a lens flare (I secretly love lens flares).
Also played with the leg and tweaked a few things here and there.

flamingo

2007-10-28T20:28:00.000-07:00

a nightly sketch

click (w/ couch)

2007-10-22T07:10:00.001-07:00

Blogspot had some trouble uploading images the past few days.
Anyway I hope this image is really finished this time around.

click

2007-10-19T17:58:00.000-07:00

nightly sketch 10

2007-10-18T19:37:00.000-07:00

nightly sketch 9

2007-10-04T19:52:00.000-07:00

Nightly Sketch 8

2007-09-25T16:53:00.000-07:00

nightly sketch 7

2007-09-22T20:44:00.000-07:00

nightly sketch 6

2007-09-08T16:21:00.001-07:00

nightly sketch in color

2007-09-02T19:21:00.001-07:00

nightly sketch 4

2007-08-31T04:27:00.000-07:00

nightly sketch 3

2007-08-31T04:26:00.001-07:00

Nightly sketch 2

2007-08-26T14:50:00.000-07:00

Ever since I was a kid and I saw that horrible movie I've had a thing for short skirts.

nightly sketch

2007-08-25T18:41:00.001-07:00

Maybe I'll try to get one of these going every night if I'm not actually doing any real art

Florentin Ahuvati

2007-08-25T16:11:00.000-07:00

Not really sure why I haven't posted this yet.
Wasn't gonna mess with it any more than I already did.
Anyway, one of my personal favorites.

sherbanart.com re-vamped

2007-08-22T16:18:00.000-07:00

I've updated my website - sherban art
I messed with php photoalbum this week and some versions of slimbox to get my gallery up and going. still some little things left to sort but overall this is it.
Go have a look.

also cause I never update this blog, here's an old piece of mine I've colored and reworked a bit.

(not so) New sketchbook

2007-08-16T17:30:00.000-07:00

Havent been updating much.

Here's the first batch of my sketchbook. It's almost finished now. but the first pages are the better ones anyway.

Jerusalem of Steel

2007-08-01T10:37:00.000-07:00

A short movie directed by Sigalit Lifshitz.
It was made as part of the Mabatim project for the Jerusalem Film Festival in 2005.
Me and an animator friend (Arie Domnin) worked on this for a couple of months in the spring of that year.
Domnin made the rigs and all the animation.
I was in charge of modeling and designing the police robots.
Also did the texturing, lighting, rendering and video compositing.

Due to time-constraints the rendering is without reflections, occlusion or GI.
The scenes are lit only with regular 3d spotlights.

Enjoy

Summer

2007-04-30T13:26:00.000-07:00

Her name is Summer and this is her first flying lesson

Da Momma withe teh HOoks

2007-04-03T09:22:00.000-07:00

Found this sketch of an old character of mine and painted it over the weekend.
Special thanks to K.Bar for actually making me sit down and prove to myself that I'm not all talk :P

here's some more sketches of her. They're about 3 years old I think
http://sherbanart.com/images/concept/momma.jpg
http://sherbanart.com/images/concept/momma_motion.jpg

Buy Now Sex Doll!

2007-03-14T02:09:00.000-07:00

Scanned figure
Colors in Photoshop

Legionnaire

2007-03-10T23:24:00.000-08:00

Another character I started working on a while back and will probably never finish.
I sorta like his shark-o-matic weapon but it would probably work better in an aquatic setting and not a desert setting liek the rest of his outfit would suggest.

Figure Drawing (2006)

2007-03-10T00:32:00.000-08:00

Doing some backups and ran across a few figure drawings from last year which I've scanned.
Thought I'd share them when I'm not drawing anything.

Cricket is just a lot of sweaty men waiting around 2

2007-03-07T06:59:00.000-08:00

This one didn't come out quite so hot, I think.
It's what happens when you try too hard

Cricket is just a lot of sweaty men waiting around

2007-03-05T21:32:00.000-08:00

...or at least that's what Jhonus says.

Anyway here's a small speed sketch I made for him.
had some rejects from him too. the nerve of some people...

Da Booty

2007-03-04T10:50:00.000-08:00

I've decided to hit the oils again.
Haven't touched them in about 4 years.
This is my first attempt. It's coming along a bit better than I thought it would.
I'll post progress shots as I have them.

This is the first progress shot. I think it's about 3 1/2 hours worth of work. Most of it spent trying to pry open the Naples Hue tube.

Color/lighting experiment

2007-03-03T22:42:00.000-08:00

I dunno if I'll keep going on this one so I'm calling it a sketch (and so done by definition :P )

Made in openCanvas 1.1

My first blog YAY!!!!

2007-02-10T16:52:00.000-08:00

I figured since I never update my site I might as well start a blog.

here's something I was gonna print on a shirt once (and maybe still will one day):